Author: Melissa
Mid-winter Christmas Party
The Rhodes Family hosted an amazing Mid-Winter Christmas Party yesterday,complete with a ham, smoked lamb and all the trimmings! The kids had anamazing time, they really enjoyed each other’s company and the old people ate too much, drank just the right amount of winter-cheer and …
Nana’s new baby
Bob Marley has taken Louie’s place as the smallest dog in the family, he is sooo cute and is obsessed with Mum! We had a great day out at the farm with Freya last Monday; 
Eco-blog
Our friends have heaps of earth-friendly tips for daily living so I built a blog to spread the word! Take a look; Living Well
Keeping my hands busy
I need something to keep me in my chair, so when I sit down I actually stay sitting down (I find this very hard to do!).
So next time you see this pile of wool, it will be around my neck in a fabulous scarf, knitted by moi.
A break in the weather
The weather was so bad last week and over the weekend that we saw a quick break from the showers and took a walk along the new boardwalk in Browns Bay;
My messy house
This is my own personal name and shame post, except of course I am only going to shame myself, but then I am going to set my egg timer for 20 min and there will be a minor picking-up frenzy and then my house will be tidy!
Lets take a look;
First stop = computer desk. As we can see, the remains of my daily staples are still apparent (Cadbury Black Forest Chocolate an V drink. Also present; NZ Textbook (I really need to get organized for next semester), slowcooker recipe books (I need to scan my favs and return to Mum, Student allowance info (needs filing), Ethan’s Easter bulb pots (in xmas bag) which really need their respective bulbs planted in them!!!
Next = Messy side shelf, this reminds me that I need to photograph ALL of Ethan’s art work and upload images to photo-storage website so I can display them on my blog and recycle all of the paper!
Next = Messy kitchen, yes people, Ethan and I, definitely ate lunch here, but why is a hair-clip on the bench?
Next = Ethan’s lunch graveyard
Next = Box of baby clothes. Hmmmm this is a BORING one, need to be photographed and put on Trademe – might not get to this today ; )
Next = I don’t know who’s room this is!!!!
Last = The sharks have escaped again, luckily there is a shark encyclopedia nearby so I can quickly identify them!
Ok, here I go….
